This is a very rare example of
the 1908 Non-firing Erfurt Factory Cutaway, There were manufactured to
provide a training aid to the military who were assigned the Parabellum.
Factory cutaways did not have serial numbers (as this one doesn't
exhibit), while Ordinance cutaways (more plentiful) usually have both
serial numbers and proofs.
(7208)

The manufacturer is
Royal Arsenal at Erfurt and would have been a 9mm Luger with a 100mm Barrel (commonly called 4 ").
The first toggle link is marked
with the Erfurt monogram, and there is the "V" rear sight on the last
toggle link and no stock lug.

The front site is dovetailed fixed with the
standard sight blade. The frame is the short "new" model with the
shortened sear. There is no serial number because it is a non-firing
display.

Here is the beautifully proofed Erfurt
crest on the toggle. Learn today how the Luger works.

In 1894 he was sent
to demonstrate the Borchardt pistol
to the US Army for
Deutsche Waffen und Munitions Fabriken
(DWM), the company which had evolved from Loewe after its founders
death. The Borchardt was designed by Hugo Borchardt
who had also worked for Loewe. The US Army rejected the Borchardt
pistol. However from the design criticism that he received Luger
improved the Borchardt design, so creating the Luger pistol.
This pistol was a success for both Luger and DWM.